2016-04-04, 11:21 AM
JoeTang Wrote:God Eater: Disclaimer that I only know a rough idea of how the game works, never played it so I don't know the overall story. After ufotable blew their budget with the first 9 episodes, plus episode 0, plus a recap, this was looking down. Episode 10 was really pineappleing well done and super heavy. I don't recall the first few episodes, but these ones had amazing sound directing and episode 10 really brought it back strong. I don't know if they planned for this from the beginning or if they had to redo the storyboards after having a break, but this really helped keep the story flowing well after the break. I think this is the type of show where watching the whole series together would make it much more interesting. They seemed to have pacing issues at the beginning, which was unfortunate. The new art style they used probably cost their budget and timeline. I think they really made up for it here, and I was really impressed with the last 4 episodes. I was quite disappointed after they announced the delay because I was really getting into the story at that point. I'll give it a 7/10 because of the unfortunate delay and pacing early on. I could only hope ufotable one day does a S2 since the story looks to be progressing interestingly, but after this disaster, they really need to rethink some planning things.
I hear the anime sales are absolute pomegranate, so don't expect a season 2. You might want to play the game if you want the rest of the story; it was released for PSP so you can technically play it for free if you can find the ISO.
Supposedly the artstyle they went for, a heavily detailed 2D style that looks 3D, is extremely time-consuming to do. Which was clearly a terrible choice on their part for a weekly series.
As for PSO2, even as a fan of the game...no. Just no. That anime was just horrid; they should've spent less time advertising and introducing typical MMO features and used it all on character development and story. It did get a little better after they got the incredibly heavy-handed advertising (in ep 1) out of the way, and it did start to look a little promising toward the end, but that ending was an utter disappointment. I regret watching it.
Supposedly the artstyle they went for, a heavily detailed 2D style that looks 3D, is extremely time-consuming to do. Which was clearly a terrible choice on their part for a weekly series.
As for PSO2, even as a fan of the game...no. Just no. That anime was just horrid; they should've spent less time advertising and introducing typical MMO features and used it all on character development and story. It did get a little better after they got the incredibly heavy-handed advertising (in ep 1) out of the way, and it did start to look a little promising toward the end, but that ending was an utter disappointment. I regret watching it.